Please answer the following questions in complete sentences and follow all additional directions if needed.
1. In Chapter 22, Jem and Scout have significantly different reactions to the verdict in the Tom Robinson case. What are their reactions and why do you think they are so different? (Think about what the trial means to each of them).
2. When Tom Robinson loses his case, the evil of the town temporarily wins out over good in the novel. What good comes of it, if any? Does faith or love play into it anywhere? (Explain your answer)
Please answer the following questions after viewing the video, using the link titled , "The Story of the Jena 6: Outside the Lines".
3. Do you think what happened to the Jena 6 was fair? Do you think it is an easily solvable problem? How do you see it relating to the recent events we studied surrounding the story of the Little Rock Nine.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1. Jem has a very emotional reaction to the trial and cries that night out of anger and out of shame about the injustice of the verdict. He says to Miss Maudie that he thought that the people in Macomb were the best in the world, but he thinks otherwise after the trial and I forgot what scouts reaction is besides that she thinks that the jury did not look at Tom Robinson.
ReplyDelete2. After Tom Robinson loses the case, the next day, Macomb’s black population delivers a ton of food to the Finches house and there is a lot of people there respecting and mourning. However near the end of the Chapter Miss Stephanie runs over t tell them that Bob Ewell accosted their father, spat on him and then swore revenge.
3. I think that it was fair and unfair in many reasons one of the unfair was the all white court system convicted only him for murder (which was more a fight) and all without a single witness. It was also not an easily solvable problem because therte3 was no real proof of what happened. I find this relates to the little rock nine in how it both has to do with blacks under pressure and finally taking the bait and paying the penalty for what they did.
1. To Jem, the trial was unfair and racist, but scout thougt that it was like "oh well, moving on".
ReplyDelete2. No good comes out of it, tom was just hated, the jury was racist, as was the judge.
3. The jena 6 case was not fair because there was an all white jury, and no it is not an easily solvable problem because no racial problem have ever been changed quickly there. It relates to the little rock nine because they both were harshly discriminated against.
1. After the trial, Jem was in hysterics, he was crying and telling Miss Maudie that the people of Maycomb, who he believed were the best in the world, had fallen short of his expectations. They were awful people now. Scout didnt have that large of a reaction, she is younger and can easily bounce back.
ReplyDelete2. I do not think that any good came from it. Maybe by making the family closer or by them making new friends with the black community.
3. The jena 6 case was unfair because it was an all white jury, the case had no real proof, and Tom Robinson was convicted without a single witness. It relates to the Little Rock Nine by the discrimination and having to go to school with that everyday.
1. Scout is madened by the verdict,but she is able to be forgiving an keep her positive view of Maycomb. Jem is heartbroken,he thought that justice would always be given to the right people.
ReplyDelete2.althougth the tom robinson is dead and evil had spread across the town some good has com out of this. Most of Maycomb's black population delivers an abundance of food at the finches house. although there is much mourning, Miss Maudie points out that there were people who tried to help, like Judge Taylor, who chose Atticus instead of a regular public defender. miss Maudie also said, that because the jury took so long to decide ment that racial relations were building.
3. i think what happen to the Jena 6 was unfair. even though criminal past, Mychal Bell was not a murderer. he may have stood up for what he called racist and mean but only did what he did because of what Justin Barker said. i also think that it was a solvable problem.
if they had made the jury both white and black and ad called witnesses the charges would possibly be more relivent to what really happened.
1. Scout is very upset with the outcome but not as mad as Jem. He is outraged when talking with miss maudie and dosn't understand why justice is served to those who deserve it.
ReplyDelete2. After the outcome of the case, the black population comes and pays their respect to the finches, people also tried to find a positive thing out of the moment.
1. In the trial Jem understands what is going on and Scout has no idea what is happening. Scout is upset at the end of the trial but not as mad as Jem. Both of them don't understand why those decitions were made.
ReplyDelete2. Once Tom Robson loses the case the all of the blacks thank the Finches for there time and effort. There was not a lot of good that came out of this case but it did bring the Finch family closer.
1. At the end of the trial Jem is mad because he understood what was happening and felt it was unjust unlike scout who did n3ot full yunderstand and was just sad that her dad lost :(
ReplyDelete2. It seemed like some good came out of the case becausde it exposed corruption in the court and in (THIS IS SPARTA!) the evil farmer guy.. i forgot his name.
1. jem knew and understood all that was happening in the court room in the affairs and he was very upset that the, what he thought, good people of maycomb county would actually be doping such a cruel thing just because of the color of his skin
ReplyDeletei dont think anythinggood comes out of tom robinson losing his case but i think that the evil would definetly be bob ewell
ReplyDelete2. i think that more evil came from this in the way that the only good person (Tom Robinson)dies in the end. this makes more evil in bob ewell because he thinkes he can get a way with stuff now.
ReplyDelete3. i think the Jena Six and the Little Rock Nine are very simalar and diffrent. they both had to deal with racism and only one had to deal with MP's.
1. Jem is crying and in hysterics because he understand what the trial is about. Scout doesn't know what is really going on so she doesn't have an extreme reaction.
ReplyDelete2.
Not much good comes out of the trial. Mostly it's making way for more evil. But it did expose court corruption to people who weren't racist. The racist ones just ignored the corruption.
3. what happened to The Jena 6 was unfair because it was an all white jury and the case didn't have much proof. The Little Rock Nine and the Jena 6 are similar because both had to deal with racism.